Strong’s H3861 · Hebrew

לָהֵן
lâhên
law-hane'

Definition

therefore; also except

Etymology

(Aramaic) corresponding to H3860 (לָהֵן);

Where the KJV renders it

  • but
  • except
  • save
  • therefore
  • wherefore

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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